NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2957, 23 July 1888, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

St. PETEiisuuRQ, July 18. The Czar has issued a ukase providing for the inoreaso of tho army by a milliou and a half of men, July 20, .At the meeting between tho Emperors yesterday, the Russian and German men of war, which were all gaily decoralotl, met off Cronstadt and formed into double line. The Imperial yachts then steamed between the lines, tlio war vessels firing salutes, The Emperor William went on board the Czar's yacht Alexendra, Here he was warmly received, and the Emperors embracing kissed each other. They then proceeded to tho Petersburgl) where the Czarina was in waiting to meet the Emperor William, The whole ot the proceedings were successfully carried out, and the meeting is described as a brilliant pageant.

London, July 10. Lord Knutsford stated iu iho House to-day that the position of atfairs in Zululand is improving, A lady resident at Sydnoy has written to the authorities at StornoViiy offering to establish 1000 families of the Crofters ir. New Soutli Wales.

It is reported that tho Right Rev. Dr. Stubbs is to bo translated to the See-of Oxford, and that the Right Rev. Dr, Barry, of Sydney, will succeed to the Bishopric of Chester, Sir Dillon Bell has accepted an extension of office as Agent-General for New Zealand.

In giving evidence to- day before a Select Committee of the House of Lords, which is enquiring into the alleged " sweating system" boing practiced in the ci'.v, a witness declared that a thousand ofiildron wero murdered annually for the sako, of the insurance cflVcted on their lives. I

Sir Frederick Young, a Home Ruler advocates tho appointment of a roving committee to visit the colonies to collect evidence with a view to the preparation of a federation measure which would be acceptable to all parlies,